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2024 Register for Flu Clinic
Protect yourself this flu season by getting your annual flu vaccination!. The Well Wisconsin Program is offering workplace flu clinics. Flu vaccinations are free and voluntary for all site employees and spouses who are enrolled in the State of Wisconsin Insurance Program. You will be required to present your medical...
Remembering 1968, DNC security strong
If you peruse the Convention Corridor section of Wispolitics.com, you’ll find a history of debates and political events in Chicago, including the 1968 DNC. Somewhere in that history story or in a blog, I also mentioned that I was in Chicago but stopped short of getting involved in the riots that went on outside the convention.
New Wisconsin Veterans Museum building plans moving forward
The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved spending $9 million to purchase the building that currently houses the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and turn it into a new and improved museum. The new museum has an estimated price tag of $140 million.
Drone business brings new technology to area farms
CADOTT — John Goodman showed off his two massive drones at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, showing how new equipment can improve farming. Goodman said the large drones weigh about 300 pounds when the 40-liter tanks are fully loaded. “We can spray herbicide, fungicide and cover crops,” Goodman said. “We do inter-seeding into standing corn. You don’t transmit disease, and you don’t trample crops. It’s a form of technology that really...
Labor secretary touts ‘ripple effect’ of Microsoft project during mine visit
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su touted the ripple effect of Microsoft’s planned $3.3 billion Wisconsin AI datacenter while visiting a mine that will supply materials for its construction. She spoke yesterday at the Payne & Dolan mine in Franklin after taking a tour of the facilities. It conducts...
PBS Wisconsin: The cost of child care has Wisconsinites seeking solutions
Before the 2024 election, WPRis asking people through the America Amplified initiative about what elected officials could do to improve their communities. Paula M. Drew from Madison reached out with a suggestion about state funding for child care. PBS Wisconsin’s “Here & Now” is collaborating with WPR to help respond to these questions.
Wisconsin GOP primary voters could be disenfranchised due to confusion caused by new maps
Voters in a small Wisconsin town were not able to vote in the Republican primary for one of their local races due to an error on the ballot. After new legislative maps were enacted in the state, the town of Summit, Wisconsin, moved from the 73rd Assembly District to the 74th Assembly District, but election […]
“There’s nothing worse than having a child missing:” New missing child alert addresses major issues with amber alerts
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Wisconsin has introduced a new Missing Child Alert system designed to enhance the state’s response to cases involving missing children. Attorney General Josh Kaul, the Wausau Police Department, and several lawmakers discussed the initiative Wednesday. The Amber Alert system has strict criteria that had to...
Smith: Wisconsin coalition forms to support tougher state rules on wake-enhanced boating
A coalition is forming in Wisconsin to support tougher rules on wake-enhanced boating and recommend a framework for statewide legislation on the activity. "Our goal is to be proactive on this very important issue," said Cody Kamrowski, executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation. "Hopefully we can see a law passed in the...
Big Lots Closing Stores Nationwide, Including Minnesota And Wisconsin Locations
Another one bites the dust! A ton of big businesses have announced closures lately, or at the very least, the scaling back of some of their locations. A recent example of this is Italian chain Buca di Beppo, which abruptly closed thirteen locations across the country over the summer. Another...
Wisconsin election deniers Janel Brandtjen and Tim Ramthun lose in GOP primaries
MADISON — Two of Wisconsin’s most prominent purveyors of election conspiracy theories lost their primary races on Tuesday. In the Republican primary for the 20th Senate District, Sen. Dan Feyen, R-Fond du Lac, prevailed over Tim Ramthun, a Republican from Campbellsport who served in the Assembly from 2019-23 and competed in the 2022...
Omar gives progressives a needed boost: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
Progressives in the House received a much-needed victory Tuesday night with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) winning her primary one week after her fellow “squad” member Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) lost hers. Unlike the primaries for Bush and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who was also ousted recently, Omar’s race...
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